/legalindustry?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Legal Industry Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:46:12 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2364027?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2364027 For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:35:08 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363995?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363995 A California federal judge Friday approved approximately $455 million in attorney fees for class counsel in the NCAA's $2.78 billion class action settlement that, for the first time, will provide for revenue sharing with college athletes, with additional fees set to roll in annually for 10 years. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:33:08 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2362042?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2362042 In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other forms of relief used in regulatory challenges and class actions. So far, judges don't appear receptive to those efforts.  Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:45:44 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363983?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363983 The Third Circuit on Friday revived a proposed class action against Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman LLC attorneys that claims they took excessive fees from plaintiffs' settlements in multidistrict litigation over the blood pressure drug Benicar, remanding the dispute for the district court to determine whether it has jurisdiction over the case. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:35:27 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363964?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363964 Companies and individuals that are not yet in compliance with the U.S. Department of Justice's sweeping, complex new national data security program should expect to face probes and potentially enforcement actions sooner than later, experts say. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:28:43 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363761?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363761 Josephine Hardin, an Atlanta-based Huff Powell & Bailey attorney who died last week in flash flooding in Texas, is being remembered for making colleagues "laugh out loud, come together, and think deeply about the needs of others" and making an impact as a volunteer at a local legal nonprofit. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:25:58 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363706?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363706 Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove, who is currently serving in the U.S. Department of Justice, in his post-hearing questionnaire obtained by Law360 on Friday, drew what he says is a distinction between condemning violence against law enforcement officers and over-prosecution of Jan. 6 rioters. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:20:30 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363522?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363522 Carma has accused its former chief legal officer and president of misappropriating the brand licensing company's trade secrets, filing a $10 million lawsuit in Illinois federal court. Meanwhile, T-Mobile became the latest company to end DEI programs under pressure from the Federal Communications Commission's chair. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:59:28 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363568?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363568 A married couple suing a litigation funding firm and multiple law firms, alleging they steered the couple into high-interest loans, told a New Jersey state court that they adequately pled fraud and urged the court not to dismiss their case against the funder. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:58:22 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363616?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363616 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin PC and Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission's planned "click-to-cancel" rule, which would have required companies to allow customers to ditch their subscriptions with a single click. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:02:10 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363479?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363479 An arbitration provider is immune from a logistics company's suit accusing it of not properly vetting its arbitrators, including one who oversaw a wage and hour suit against the company, a California appeals panel ruled, affirming a lower court's decision to nix the case. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:32:30 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363156 A Texas judge embroiled in a scandal involving allegations of witness tampering has been suspended without pay following a federal indictment alleging she pressured a subordinate to withhold testimony in a separate proceeding against a local justice of the peace. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:34:05 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363629?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363629 This past week in London has seen HS2 hit with a defamation claim by two ex-employees who blew the whistle on alleged under-reporting of costs, Craig Wright and nChain face legal action brought by its former chief financial officer over a fraud scheme, and pro-footballer Axel Tuanzebe bring a clinical negligence claim against his former club Manchester United F.C. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 23:42:58 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363562?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363562 Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz on Wednesday announced plans to reincorporate in Nevada, saying that it was no longer a "no-brainer" to launch a company and incorporate in the historically corporate-friendly state of Delaware. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:57:01 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363563?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363563 President Donald Trump announced on social media Thursday he has chosen a Holland & Hart LLP partner and veteran government attorney to serve on the federal bench in Montana. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:40:37 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363476?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363476 A federal judge in Washington state took Amazon.com to task Thursday for "bad faith" material review that labeled tens of thousands of documents as covered by attorney-client privilege despite involving no legal advice, but the judge, who is presiding over the Federal Trade Commission's Prime subscriptions case against the company, opted against further punishment. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:02:22 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363386 The first judicial confirmation of the second Trump administration was readied on Thursday, with the U.S. Senate voting 51-43 to end debate on the nomination of Whitney Hermandorfer to the Sixth Circuit. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:34:31 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2362445?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2362445 The Florida Bar’s recent refusal to look into misconduct allegations against Attorney General Pam Bondi is dangerous for the rule of law, and other lawyer disciplinary bodies must be prepared to investigate credible claims of ethical lapses against any lawyer, no matter their position, say attorneys James Kobak and Albert Feuer. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:39:52 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2363193?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2363193 Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee on Thursday unveiled 150 pages of documents, which they say substantiate whistleblower allegations against Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove and raise concerns about his conduct during his tenure at the U.S. Department of Justice. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:22:41 +0000 /legalindustry/articles/2362399?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalindustry/articles/2362399 Congressional Republicans' sweeping tax and policy bill, which President Donald Trump sought and then signed, contains multiple provisions that caught the attention of employee benefits and executive compensation attorneys, including new changes to high-deductible health plans and an employer-side deduction limit affecting highly compensated employees. Here are five takeaways from employee benefits and executive compensation attorneys on what's in — and out of — the GOP megabill.